Being site-ready is paramount to winning the attention of companies who would invest in Hampton Roads. Site readiness allows the region to keep up with the "speed of business" and outpace project competition.

Out-of-region student enrollment is up 9.2% in five years, despite total enrollment decreasing in the same timeframe. This uptick in enrollment means more money flowing into the local economy and provides the opportunity to capture more students for the regional workforce.

A look at the tech industry clusters of Hampton Roads’ peninsula cities – Hampton, Newport News, and Poquoson – and their relative concentration (Location Quotient) and regional specific growth/contrition (Competitive Effect) metrics to classify them as Star, Emerging, Mature or Transforming industries. From this we can see how high tech employment is helping the region grow, and how the region stands out as a place for future high tech employers.

The Alliance Research analyzes population and employment trends over 2015. To highlight and expand our analysis, we compare the regions performance within the financial industry to other MSAs nationwide.